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In reply to the discussion: Icelanders Overthrow Government and Rewrite Constitution After Banking Fraud-No Word From US Media [View all]tblue
(16,350 posts)70. They may overtake us as the 'Greatest Country in the World'™
I really think we aren't anymore except in (some of) our minds.
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Icelanders Overthrow Government and Rewrite Constitution After Banking Fraud-No Word From US Media [View all]
solarhydrocan
Dec 2013
OP
well, goodness, we cannot have the average serf thinking s/he actually has the ability and the RIGHT
niyad
Dec 2013
#1
I live in an area that is 70% Repuke and 20% Libertarian and 10% left of center
warrant46
Dec 2013
#6
Actually, it would be a Second American Revolution. and that's what we need right now!!!!!
LongTomH
Dec 2013
#20
What does that have to do with the US media ignoring what's happened and is happening there?
Fumesucker
Dec 2013
#30
Because covering Iceland would be the same as covering any medium-small American
bluestate10
Dec 2013
#54
Where do I sign. I've been wanting the House to be dissolved by national referendum or decree
ancianita
Dec 2013
#96
Couldn't find it in either site. Scrolled through 71 petitions on the first; not there. The URL
ancianita
Dec 2013
#102
Thanks, but there's an order to using it. It has to be c/p after you click "sign a petition."
ancianita
Dec 2013
#105
Not a problem.Glad to contribute in some small way.I used notehand "copy/paste." Sorry to confuse.
ancianita
Dec 2013
#107
Oh yeah! You're new! Welcome! I've been here for a few years, but there can be some touchy,
ancianita
Dec 2013
#109
Yep. It may as well be a US antiwar protest for all the coverage Corporate States of America
valerief
Dec 2013
#29
Thank you - and, as that points out, the parties in charge during the crash got voted back in
muriel_volestrangler
Dec 2013
#76
It really doesn't matter if the media reports except in national votes. The states are being changed
freshwest
Dec 2013
#45
I think the MSM doesn't care about Iceland because the public doesn't care about Iceland...
brooklynite
Dec 2013
#44
The public doesn't care about Iceland because they haven't heard about Iceland in the media.
Enthusiast
Dec 2013
#82
It's not as if the OP has correctly informed anyone about the situation
muriel_volestrangler
Dec 2013
#77
This is incredibly infuriating... Bold censorship laid bare for all (all who
ChisolmTrailDem
Dec 2013
#43
Put it on TV. Go ahead, I dare you. Hell, I double-dog dare you. Put it on instead of
jtuck004
Dec 2013
#75
Buncha people beatin drums in the street and whining about how things are ain't gonna cut it.
jtuck004
Dec 2013
#86
Rome fell from corruption. Internal decay. The rich being morally bankrupt and decadent
heaven05
Dec 2013
#94
I mean, there's a chance we might hit a dry spot and regain control, but that storm
jtuck004
Dec 2013
#100
They saved the world like the priest who saved the little boy by giving him communion
valerief
Dec 2013
#85
One of the reasons that the system is so successful is that unplugging from it is very
Egalitarian Thug
Dec 2013
#99